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Project management
Referring to the discipline of planning, organizing, securing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project objectives.
Industry: Business services
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Project sponsor
Business services; Project management
The owner of the project business case, representing the funder’s interests.
Float
Business services; Project management
The amount of time that a task in a project network can be delayed without causing a delay to subsequent tasks and or the project completion date.
Technique
Business services; Project management
A defined systematic procedure employed by a human resource to perform an activity to produce a product or result or deliver a service, and that may employ one or more tools.
Monitor and control project work
Business services; Project management
The process of monitoring and controlling the processes required to initiate, plan, execute, and close a project to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan and project ...
Monitor
Business services; Project management
Collect project performance data with respect to a plan, produce performance measures, and report and disseminate performance information.
Milestone
Business services; Project management
A significant point or event in the project. See also schedule milestone.
Milestone schedule
Business services; Project management
A summary-level schedule that identifies the major schedule milestones. See also master schedule.
